At most tax on Social Security should be limited to half paid for by employers.
I don’t know. I paid tax on a portion of S.S. for the many years i worked. It didn’t seem too excessive. It seems to me that Congress should be willing to do their share as their overtime pay was a a lot more than my regular pay.
Yep pick out the .01% outlier to make your case. That it what Democrats do. Bravo...
Of course, SS payments out aren’t directly tied at all to SS payments in, but what is your rationale for differentiating between the half of the payments in that appear directly on pay stubs—and the half that don’t?
SELF EMPLOYED PERSONS PAY BOTH HALVES-— 15.3 %
Was self employed 1980 to 2022.